[Dxspider-support] Autostarting/Respawning on Ubuntu 18.04

[IK5ZUK Luigi]

Hello Ron,
Thank you very much !

73 Luigi IK5ZUK

Luigi - IK5ZUK
Qth: Pisa
Locator: JN53FQ
Mail: ik5zuk at tiscali.it

Il 24/04/2020 23.00, Ron Gibson via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
> Hi folks,
>
> Here's what I did for my dxspider.service file:
> Adjust your tty as needed.
>
> -------------------
>
> # DXSpider startup script
> #
> # This service maintains a getty on tty5 from the point the system is
> # started until it is shut down again.
>
> [Unit]
> Description=DXSpider on tty5
> After= network.target auditd.service
>
> [Service]
> Type=simple
> ExecStart=/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl
> StandardInput=tty
> StandardOutput=tty
> ExecReload=/bin/kill -HUP $MAINPID
> KillMode=process
> TTYPath=/dev/tty5
> Restart=on-failure
> RestartPreventExitStatus=255
> User=spider
>
> [Install]
> WantedBy=multi-user.target
> #WantedBy=network.target
> Alias=dxspider.service
>
>
> On 4/24/2020 4:41 PM, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support wrote:
>> sudo systemctl enable dxspider
>>
>> But when I last tried it gave me errors, which I did not understand, 
>> but I rebooted and it magically sprung into life.
>>
>> I find Google very helpful when I get stuck :-)
>>
>> Dirk G1TLH
>>
>> On 24/04/2020 21:01, IK5ZUK Luigi via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>> Hi Dirk,
>>> Thanks for your quick reply.
>>>
>>> As root, I've copyed the dxspider.service file into the folder 
>>> /etc/systemd/system, done the 'systemctl start dxspider' (with 
>>> 'systemctl reload' spider doesn't start), but if I make a system 
>>> reboot, spider doesn't start automatically. After system reboot I 
>>> need to do again the 'systemctl start dxspider' command....
>>>
>>> What I have to do to start spider automatically at system boot ?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance !
>>>
>>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>>
>>>
>>> Luigi - IK5ZUK
>>> Qth: Pisa
>>> Locator: JN53FQ
>>> Mail: ik5zuk at tiscali.it
>>>
>>> Il 24/04/2020 21.43, Dirk Koopman via Dxspider-support ha scritto:
>>>> 18.04 does not support /etc/initrc or stuff in /etc/init.d. In 
>>>> /spider, you will find that there is a file called 
>>>> dxspider.service. You need to put that into /etc/systemd/system.
>>>>
>>>> You will then need to do a 'sudo systemctl reload' then check 
>>>> whether it has started. If not then do a 'systemctl start dxspider' 
>>>> - failing that, just reboot and it should spring into life.
>>>>
>>>> I have not yet done the instructions for an installation of mojo 
>>>> onto a new computer. I will be doing an install script soon. If I 
>>>> am feeling adventurous, I might even do a .deb!
>>>>
>>>> Dirk
>>>>
>>>> On 24/04/2020 20:35, IK5ZUK Luigi via Dxspider-support wrote:
>>>>> Hello all,
>>>>> I've made a fresh new spider installation over Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 
>>>>> system. Now, as the final step, I need to make spider autostarting 
>>>>> at system startup and also respawing: I've tryed to create the 
>>>>> script dxspider.conf placed in /etc/init/ folder with the following:
>>>>>
>>>>> #DXSpider startup script
>>>>> #
>>>>> # This service maintains a getty on tty7 from the point the system is
>>>>> # started until it is shut down again.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> start on runlevel [2345]
>>>>> stop on runlevel [!2345]
>>>>>
>>>>> respawn
>>>>>
>>>>> exec /bin/su - sysop -c "/usr/bin/perl -w /spider/perl/cluster.pl" 
>>>>> >/dev/tty7
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> but unfortunately, after doing "telinit q" [or system reboot] 
>>>>> nothing happens: spider doesn't start automatically.
>>>>>
>>>>> Please, could someone give me some help ?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thank you in advance !
>>>>>
>>>>> 73 Luigi IK5ZUK
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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